Decrease in hemoglobin level predicts increased risk for severe respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients with pneumonia
Moriyasu Anai, Kimitaka Akaike, Hajime Iwagoe, Takefumi Akasaka, Takushi Higuchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Daiki Naito, Yuka Tajima, Hiroshi Takahashi, Taiyo Komatsu, Aiko Masunaga, Hiroto Kishi, Kazuhiko Fujii, Koichiro Fukuda, Yusuke Tomita, Sho Saeki, Hidenori Ichiyasu, Takuro Sakagami
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MedicinePneumoniaInternal medicineOdds ratioConfidence intervalUnivariate analysisReceiver operating characteristicArea under the curveCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GastroenterologyMechanical ventilationRespiratory failureRespiratory systemViral pneumoniaLogistic regressionMultivariate analysisDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersLong-Term Effects of COVID-19